Farmington Independent

ST. PAUL — Minnesotans must be eager to vote in the Nov. 8 election. Nearly 47,000 registered to vote online last week, with about 27,000 on Friday, Sept. 23, alone, smashing the one-day record of 7,602. The big interest in registering, as well as early voting, bodes well for high...

Early voting for Minnesota's Nov. 8 general election begins on Friday, Sept. 23 across the state, and Minnesota voters can take advantage of several ways to vote early. Minnesota voters can vote before Election Day without providing a reason. Residents can either cast their votes...

Our house, being a semi-rural property, attracts a lot of bugs. My husband, who claims utter contempt for all things insectoid, has turned our property into a hellacious final resting place for the creepy crawlies. The chicken coop attracts its share of flies. And with the flies come...

The term "generation gap" has probably been around since at least the early 1900s when Americans born from 1880 to 1900 were tabbed the Lost Generation because of the large loss of American lives in World War I. Each passing generation has earned its own moniker starting with the...

For all the talk of working together and reaching across the aisle, a candidate forum hosted last Wednesday, Sept. 14 by the Dakota County Chamber of Commerce revealed sharp differences between the Republican and Democrat candidates from Districts 58, 58A and 58B. It was noticed by...